Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Marc, I know you are an expert on and a proponent of those Russian lenses, and I have no experience with Jupiter, but given my general knowledge of the relative merits of Russian/Soviet versus Japanese manufacturing, I very much doubt that a Jupiter is as good as a Cosina/Voigtländer. The Jupiter may be cheaper, but as you yourself point out, sometimes you have to go through several iterations of the buy-return-buy another one cycle to get a good one. Given that César lives in Portugal which is not exactly brimming with Jupiter dealers, I think that unless he gets very lucky, by the time he has paid for shipping to and fro in connection with a Jupiter purchase, he will spent as much as a Cosina costs. The Cosina he can buy locally, or by mail order from any number of German dealers, with no customs duty to pay since it is all within the EU. Nathan Marc James Small wrote: > At 07:44 PM 12/8/03 +0100, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >Hi César, > > > >I second Henning (I think it was him) who recommended that you might take > a look at > >the Voigtlander/Cosina lenses if you are on a budget. You will get a much > better > >lens than some ancient Summaron, in which you will also have to invest > good money > >to have it cleaned. I have a 35/2.5 VC which I like very much for when I > know that > >I will not need the speed of my Summilux. There is also the 35/1.7. I > don't know > >where in Portugal you are, but it doesn't matter--you can order those > lenses from > >any of the reputable dealers in Germany and have a better lens for your M6 > than the > >Summaron, probably for a smaller outlay. > > > > It pains me to disagree with the Learned Nathan but, in the end, you will > do FAR better with a 2.8/35 Jupiter-12 than with this Cosina exercize. And > the Jupiter-12 can be had for $US 50 to $US 100. Just insist on a right of > return, and take some pictures with it. The LTM versions seem to be > relatively flare-proof and the optical quality of a good one is magnificent. > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html